Leatherneck—Magazine of the Marines, Since 1917
This Month's Features
Posted on July 15, 2026
By: LtCol Joel Searls, USMCR
Lieutenant General Len “Loni” Anderson IV has served in top-tier Marine Corps units and key leadership positions throughout his career. He is the current Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) and Marine Corps Forces South, as of March 21, 2024. Anderson...
Posted on July 15, 2026
By: Sam Lichtman
The future of Marine Corps warfighting was out on display in the nation’s capital earlier this year. Held April 28-30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., the annual Modern Day Marine expo was where some of...
Posted on July 15, 2026
By: Cpl Alistair Watson
SECOND PLACE WINNER: Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest Executive Editor’s note: The following article received second place in the 2026 Leatherneck Magazine Writing Contest. The award is provided through an endowment by the Colonel Charles E. Michaels Foundation and is being...
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Posted on January 15, 2025
Executive Editor’s note: We bring you this article to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima, considered one of the Marine Corps’...
Posted on January 15, 2025
By: Kipp Hanley and Col Chris Tavuchis, USMC (Ret)
With the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific and the growth of the San Francisco Bay area military infrastructure, the United States Marine...
Posted on December 15, 2024
By: Karl Schuon and Tom Bartlett
Executive Editor’s note: Fifty years ago, Leatherneck began looking ahead to the Marine Corps’ 200th Birthday, and started a series in the magazine called Giants...
Posted on December 15, 2024
By: Briesa Koch
In this digital age, video games have become a more common pastime for many people. With newer technology, better graphics, game variety, as well as...
Posted on December 15, 2024
By: Kyle Watts
In May 2024, a group of Marine officers rallied together for a final time in Las Vegas. The event marked the eighth official reunion these...
Posted on December 4, 2024
By: Ray Elliott
Editor's note: This article was originally published in the December 2016 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. It is being re-published in remembrance of the attack on...
Posted on November 15, 2024
By: Mike Miller
One of the first international challenges facing the newly formed United States in the 19th century came from the Barbary States on the northern coast...
Posted on November 15, 2024
By: Kipp Hanley
Staff Sergeant Harry Harth’s remarkable, pain-filled journey back to being a Reconnaissance Marine has come to a storybook conclusion. On Sept. 25, 2022, Harth fell...
Posted on November 15, 2024
By: Kyle Watts
The American fire service and Marine Corps maintain a long-standing relationship, enjoyed and perpetuated by veterans of both services. Though dramatically different at face value,...
Posted on October 28, 2024
By: Edwin Turnbladh
Editor's note: This story was originally published in the November 1959 issue of Leatherneck Magazine. Anyone digging into Marine Corps archives of the years just...
Posted on October 15, 2024
By: Bernard Nalty and Truman Strobridge
Executive Editor’s note: We bring you this story from the Leatherneck archives, which covers the seagoing roots of the Corps. Leading up to the Marine...
Posted on October 15, 2024
By: GySgt Chase McGrorty-Hunter
Editor's Note: Leatherneck contributor 1st Sgt Chase McGrorty-Hunter was awarded the Master Sergeant Tom Bartlett Award at the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation annual awards program...
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